Omar Sheikhulayev

Omar Sheikhulayev (5 June 1975-5 February 2009) was the Emir of Vilayat Dagestan from 5 December 2008 to 5 February 2009, succeeding Ilgar Mollachiev and preceding Umalat Magomedov.

Biography
Omar Sheikhulayev was born on 5 June 1975 in Untsukul, Dagestan RSFSR, Soviet Union to a family of Sunni Muslim Dagestanis. He was a close associate of Vilayat Dagestan leaders Rasul Makasharipov and Rappani Khalilov, and in December 2008 Dokka Umarov made him leader of the group after Makasharipov, Khalilov, and Ilgar Mollachiev were killed. Major-General Lipinsky, Deputy Chief of Staff of the FSB North Regional Command, was killed by Sheikhulayev during his leadership of the insurgency. On 5 February 2009, he was killed by the FSB in a shootout outside of the city of Makhachkala.